Sacred Heart College - Gradatim Yearbook (Belmont, NC)

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CALENDAR 1941-1942 September I 1 — Registration of Freshmen. 1 2 — Upperclassmen return. 14 — Inaugural Mass at Belmont Abbey Cathedral. 1 5 — Classes Begin. 19 — Introductory dance given for students at Belmont Abbey College. 23 — Sophomores treat the Freshmen to a movie followed by a party. 24 — Mercy Day — holiday. October 6 — Rat Week — Sophomores exert their superior authority on Freshmen. 10 — Rat Court and Rat Dance. Morris Field Aviators guests at the dance. 17 — Freshmen sponsor stunt night in college auditorium. 23 — Students enjoy bingo party sponsored by the Catholic Women ' s Club at the Community House. 29 — Students hear James Melton — feature of Gastonia Co-operative Concert Association. 30 — Hallowe ' en Dance sponsored by Junior Class — Jack-o ' Ianterns. cos- tumes, and fun. November 1 9-24 — Thanksgiving holidays. 27 — Students enjoy special matinee of Smilin ' Through. 28 — Students attend Ever Since Eve given by students of Belmont High School. December 8 — Holiday — Feast of the Immaculate Conception. 12 — Prom at the Abbey — plenty of music and laughter. 18 — Christmas Banquet with gaily decorated tree and bright red candles — Movie, Jane Eyre. 19 — At last ! ! ! Christmas Holidays. January 7 — Christmas holidays end. 9 — Sophomores sponsor Annual Turn-about Dance. The girls show the boys how to be perfect escorts. 16 — Basketball game with Belmont High School. Sacred Heart victorious. 22 — Semester examinations begin. 23 — Students hear Dorothy Crawford — special feature of Gastonia Co- operative Concert Association. 29 — Special movie, Kentucky, in college auditorium. 30-31 — Annual Retreat conducted by Father Ryan, O. M. I., of Fayette- ville, N. C. Page Twenty-eight

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CLASS HISTORY The halls of Sacred Heart, in September 1940. welcomed a new group of wide-eyed Freshmen, girls who were filled with the conflicting emotions of pride at being college girls and timidity at the strangeness of a new school, both tempered by a healthy respect for our recognized superiors — the Sophomores. To some of us the traditions of Sacred Heart were not new. but college life was — especially the life pre:ented to us by the Sophomore Class. Rat Week came all too soon, bringing with it all the misery of punctured pride and deflated ego. But we received no small comfort in the dance held in our honor at the end of the week. Adjustments finally completed, we settled down to work, finding welcome relief after exams in the advent of Christmas holidays. Spring was accompanied by the usual symptoms: we drooped wearily into class and cast longing looks out the windows: faces showed the absence of make-up and appetites were on the wane. It took the Sophomores ' Turn-about Dance to waken us from the lethargy. In our generosity of spirit, but mostly to prove that we were pretty good sports after all. we gave the traditional Junior-Senior Banquet. Class Day Exercises were closely followed by Commencement on June 4. and we were off for a welcome vacation. September saw us back with a few members absent but quite a few addi- tional girls. There was the usual flurry of getting settled, organizing clubs, and choosing our leaders. Realizing that we were now the senior class in college and with the memory of our Freshman year still rankling, we set to work to impress our underclassmen. To see the Freshmen ease around the nearest corner at the mere sight of a Sophomore should have been enough, but we found unholy glee in making them suffer all the horrors that our fertile imaginations could devise. The week ended with the dance attended by the soldiers from Morris Field. On our return from the Christmas holidays, we held the Annual Turn-about Dance. Spring meant the Junior-Senior Banquet, one of the most pleasant memories we carry away from Sacred Heart. Commencement came with tears and farewells and promises of undying friendship. So ended our days under the loving guidance of our Alma Mater. But these words, lightly spoken and hastily perused, can never tell of our rea l experience at Sacred Heart, the cherished symbols of school life, lasting friendships and beloved teachers. For our days here, happy and troublous, have left us a heritage we can never lose. We have known Sacred Heart and she has become a living part of us. As we go forth from her gates, we know that we will be all the better for having known her. Page Tiventy-seven

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CALENDAR 1941-1942 February 2 — Holiday — Feast of the Purification. 5 — First Annual Fashion Show sponsored by the Home Economics Department. 7 — College and High School students special guests at dance given by Bca Sumner at Community House. 14 — W. A. A. Valentine Dance at Community House. March 6 — Basketball game with Mitchell. Sacred Heart victorious. 17 — St. Patrick ' s Day — holiday. 20 — Musicalc at Abbey. Combined Glee Club s ings. 21 — St. Benedict ' s Day — Choir sings at Pontifical High Mass in the Abbey Cathedral. 26 — Freshmen present Livinu Madonnas. April 1 — Easter Holidays begin. 8 — Classes resume. 23 — College Junior-Senior banquet, at Barringer Hotel. Charlotte, fol- lowed by theater party. 24 — College day students sponsor Square Dance at Community House. 28 — Academy Junior-Senior banquet. 29 — Lawn party sponsored by high school seniors. 30 — Students attend bingo party sponsored by Catholic Woman ' s Club at Community House. Mav 4 — Musicale in college auditorium. Julia Dickson, pianist. Betty Logan, vocalist. 7 — Glee Club sings at concert sponsored by Kiwanis Club at Belmont High School Auditorium. 12 — Students ' annual recital. 13 — ' W. A. A. banquet. 14 — Ascension Day — Holiday. 23 — College students have Spring Formal. 27 — Final examinations begin. 29 — Class Day exercises and May crowning. 31 — Baccalaureate Mass in Abbey Cathedral. June 2 — Annual Faculty Breakfast for the graduates. 3 — Graduation exercises in college auditorium. Page Tu ' enly-nine -3